But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you even if nobody else can see it. Even when you can't.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Is love always like this? Is it always so passionate, yet so damn painful?

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her.

When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity.

In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

You look so blindingly cute right now, I feel like I need to make a pinhole in a piece of paper just to look at you.